WULF News

Volunteers are gearing up to support Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child, which will be collecting shoebox gifts at nearly 5,000 drop-off locations across the country November 17 through 24. According to Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering gift-filled shoeboxes for children in need since 1993. The operation supports children who are suffering from war, poverty, disease, and disaster. All are welcome to contribute a shoebox, information on […]

Work on the dual roundabout interchange being installed at U.S. 62 and the U.S. 31W Bypass is progressing. A traffic switch took place in the construction zone this week, with eastbound traffic being placed into the roundabout configuration. With this change, both roundabouts are now fully operational for traffic on U.S. 62, with access for ramp traffic to and from the U.S. 31W Bypass. The Nicholas Street connector remains closed […]

A fall staple for the Hardin County community takes place this Saturday as the Glendale Crossing Festival rolls in for the largest one-day festival in the commonwealth. “It's mainly an arts and crafts festival, so you're going to see a lot of things that people have been making for years and they perfected their craft, and you're also going to see a lot of fall food,” said Glendale Crossing Festival […]

Plans for an AI data center in Meade County are not moving forward. After hundreds of residents showed up for a special meeting of the Meade County Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday, the commission voted to recommend a zoning change for property located in Ekron along Joe Prather Highway and Garrett Road from Agricultural to Light Industrial be denied. Later that evening, the Meade County Fiscal Court voted to deny the zoning […]

Hardin County Schools, Elizabethtown Independent Schools, and the Central Kentucky Community Foundation are encouraging Hardin County residents to sign up for or support Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. According to a release from HCS, when families register, the library mails a free age-appropriate book each month to children from birth to age five. Registered children will receive a new book in the mail each month free of charge. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library […]

The Kentucky Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission is now accepting entries for the 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay, Visual Arts, and Poetry contests. According to a release from the Kentucky Heritage Council, the contests are “an exciting opportunity for students to express their creativity and honor Dr. King’s legacy by promoting unity, equality, and justice for all people in Kentucky, the United States, and the world.” The […]

The Radcliff City Council met for a special called meeting and work session Tuesday. A second public hearing was held on a rezoning application for 238 Cedar Oak Drive in Vine Grove to rezone that property from Commercial to Residential-4, which would accommodate the development of about 80 single-family homes by Silver Gate Properties. The council tabled a rezoning ordinance for the property after Fort Knox raised concerns with the development’s proximity to the […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday. The court approved three ordinances on their second readings. The first approved a budget amendment to accommodate ambulance upgrades and bridge and road repair money. The second amends the county’s standing order to pre-approve recurring expenses to include lease payments on ambulance equipment. The third updates definitions in the county’s flood damage prevention ordinance to match state definitions. […]

Registration is open for Helping Hand of Hope’s annual Christmas assistance. “This is just a program that’s very dear to all of our hearts here at Helping Hand of Hope, and we couldn’t do it without the love of the community, and we just want to do ‘for good’ in the community and have this available for our neighbors that are really struggling this holiday season,” said Helping Hand of […]